If a prominent politician hires a hall to make a speech, stay away; the absent audience will bring him to a realization of his nothingness, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.
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Audio recordings of Mises Daily articles.
It is a great pleasure for me to present this book by my colleague Philipp Bagus, writes Jesús Huerta de Soto. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.
To young Menger, the cityscape still appeared as that of “old Vienna”: enclosed on three sides by a city wall and moat, writes Eugen-Maria Schulak and Herbert Unterköfler. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Paul Strikwerda.
The foremost aim of despotic government is to prevent any innovations that could endanger its own supremacy. Its very nature pushes it toward extreme conservatism, the tendency to retain what is, no matter how desirable for the welfare of the people a change might be, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881...
John Wanamaker was the Gilded Age genius who pioneered the department store, the posted single price for goods, the money-back guarantee, and the practice of giving away free products as a way to promote a business. He believed that commerce would save the world, writes Orison Swett Marden. This...
Throughout history, material privation and chronic insecurity were the norm, writes Robert Higgs. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Colin Hussey.
You will not affect the election, but you might die in a car crash trying, writes Mark Brandly. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.
Before the civil war, there were some grounds for saying that, at least in theory, our government was a free one — that it rested on consent, writes Lysander Spooner (1808–1887). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O’Connell.
Government planners developed a particular aesthetic obsession: they were frustrated by the untidy complexity of real human societies, writes Mike Reid. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.
Social justice actually refers to an intention to use force to acquire one’s desires. Not to earn desirable goods by rational thought and action, production and voluntary exchange, but to go in there and forcibly take goods from those who can supply them, writes Ben O’Neill. This audio Mises Daily...
Nock was perhaps the finest stylist in 20th-century American literature, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.
Have you ever wondered why the “tiny ship” famously tossed in the opening credits of Gilligan’s Island was named the SS Minnow? This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.
The Austrian School of economics, also called the Viennese School of economics, was founded by Carl Menger in Vienna during the last third of the 19th century. Today, the tradition is larger and more vibrant than ever before, writes Eugen-Maria Schulak and Herbert Unterköfler. This audio Mises Daily...
What DiLorenzo offers is not a biography of Hamilton but instead a critical examination of his ideas and a historical exploration of how they have shaped American history. DiLorenzo contrasts the statist, mercantilist, and nationalist philosophy of Hamilton with the strict constitutionalism of...
When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass, writes F.W. Taussig. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Brad O’Connell.
Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, while scarcely orthodox Calvinists, were dedicated Presbyterians according to their own lights, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
What is called economic progress is the effect of an accumulation of capital goods exceeding the increase in population, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily, excerpted from the audiobook version, is narrated by John Pruden.
The world had never seen government paper money until the colonial government of Massachusetts, 1690, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Matthew Mezinskis.
Man the producer must have freedom, while man the predator puts limitations on freedom, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.
Hutcheson brought to Scottish philosophy a solid belief in natural rights and in the beneficence of nature, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
